This Sunday was the first one back after school had begun. It was great to see everyone in worship. We had a full band, with the awaited return of our guitar player. It was also good to have Kerri back singing with us.
It was also one of our better Sundays figuring out our new sound [...]
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Sunday Setlist 8/29/10
Sunday Setlist 08/22/10
This week was the Sunday before school starts, and is always a big Sunday at our church. We had “Blessing of the Backpacks” and we pray for the kids as the go back to school and give them some small gift, this year a keychain for their backpacks. It was great to have four vocalists [...]
Sunday Setlist 08/15/10
love the fact that we celebrate communion once a month at our church. This was one of those Sundays. Our regular drummer, and guitar players were out for the week so we were honored to have one of our youth band members fill in on drums, and new friend Jimmy Callicot play guitar with [...]
5 Things We Do Wrong at Camp- #1 SHHHHHHHHH TIME FOR WORSHIP!!!
Over the past several years I have been leading worship for many camps and retreats. This has given me the opportunity to observe some awesome things happen at camp, and some things that didn’t work so well. Over that time I have been able to come up with this list of my top 5 things [...]
College UM ARMY Songs
A few weeks ago I had the awesome opportunity to lead worship for a great group of college students and adults at College UM ARMY. It was great to have the opportunity to start and end our day with worship for 6 days in a row. After one of the services someone came up and [...]
The Reason Behind the New CD
I have been talking with several people about an idea I had for a new CD. For years people have asked me when I was going to do a piano CD. I have hesitated for a while, but the idea kept being brought up.
My wife suggested about a year ago that I do a CD [...]
Worship Recap 05.02.10
Usually our Sunday morning services consist of an 8:15 traditional service, and then 10:30 Sanctuary and 10:30 Xperience services run at the same time. From time to time, for special occasions in the life of the church, we will combine the 10:30 services into one worship service. This past Sunday, Senior Sunday, was one of [...]
Worship Recap 4.25.10
Here are the songs we sang this Sunday…
Tell the World
Ancient of Days
All Because of Jesus
Word of God Speak
Jesus Messiah
What did you sing?
So You’re Leading Worship for Church Camp-Part 2-What Songs to Sing?
After I sent out my last post in this series, Questions to Ask, I got a comment from fellow worship leader and blogger, Todd Wright.
”I usually try to dig pretty deep as to what songs these kids are singing. Unfortunately, I get a lot of “Oh, you know…whatever.” But with a few specific questions, I can [...]
So You’re Leading Worship for Church Camp- Part 1- Questions to Ask
So you are sitting in the bookstore, drinking coffee and your phone rings.
“Hey, I was wondering if you would be interested in leading music for camp this year?”, the cheery voice on the other end says. “Um, sure?”, you say “When is it?”.
After a promise to check your calendar you hear, “I’ll call you later [...]


